I am not complaining about the combined inbox/alerts from the standpoint that I am not seeing the PMs that I want.
My issue with it is that it has hurt recruiting.
Every other season, you will have agents say "Don't send us blind offers -- PM us first."
And I have a better than 85% signing rate with those that I PM and talk about the team and our philosophy of management -- as well as where we see their player fitting in.
This season even as the Championship team, it is next to impossible to get the players that I target to sign. And invariably, I get the rejection PM and look in my outbox to see that they never even read the PM that I sent.
Only one has signed the old way this season -- all of the rest have come to us on their own through the "team needs" in the marketplace.
The combined inbox is just too cluttered that people aren't going to take the time to wade through it to find the actual PMs in middle of the alerts.
Originally posted by danpenc918 I am not complaining about the combined inbox/alerts from the standpoint that I am not seeing the PMs that I want.
My issue with it is that it has hurt recruiting.
Every other season, you will have agents say "Don't send us blind offers -- PM us first."
And I have a better than 85% signing rate with those that I PM and talk about the team and our philosophy of management -- as well as where we see their player fitting in.
This season even as the Championship team, it is next to impossible to get the players that I target to sign. And invariably, I get the rejection PM and look in my outbox to see that they never even read the PM that I sent.
Only one has signed the old way this season -- all of the rest have come to us on their own through the "team needs" in the marketplace.
The combined inbox is just too cluttered that people aren't going to take the time to wade through it to find the actual PMs in middle of the alerts.